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Hi everyone, I'm Alan and I'm kind of new to the SC4D community. This is my first MD ever so I'm very excited to see how it develops and the reaction of the people to this project.

This MD is aimed to recreate places all over the Earth, trying to transmit the essence of that specific place with the culture, architecture; to resume, a recreation not intended to be perfect but aimed to maintain a certain level of realism.

I've been inspired by many MD's and CJ's so excuse me if you find this work similar to yours; I didn't make it with a bad intention, I did it because this was originaly intended to be a Honorific MD, where I was going to try to honor MD's that, in my opinion, deserved it.

This kind of project has been aborded previously by Iamgoingtoeatyou here and in simtropolis; and also by Hableurg in the mentioned site. I give you my most sinceer apologies if you think that I'm stealing your work or just making a copy; once again I'm not making this with bad intentions &ops.

I hope that with this MD, I can show the people out there what a beautiful world we have and how lucky we are to live in it. I don't have idea of when I'll finish this project, since I come up with new ideas every day.

I consider this work as a public MD, if you want to participate in it just talk to me and we will work something out, the doors are open for you :thumbsup:. In order to do certain themes I will need new props and buildings and I might need in the future an official props supplier.

Finally (sorry for boring you with all that talking) I will like to dedicate this MD to my family for all the support they gave to me.

Allan I cant wait to see where you go with " A beautiful place called Earth"... I know it will be good and orginal as since there are many takes on what an area can be, so don't worry at all if something looks familiar...  Also a big welcome to MD'ing and also to Devotions... pleased to meet you ~~~ Patrick~~~

Welcome to SC4D, great start in your MD
I'm looking forward to the next update

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Ok here we go! Caleux is an island and has a population of around 5000 people. This town is intended to recreate a mediterranean theme, where the buildings usually have a beige coloration, with thick walls and orange rooftops. The city is mainly Italian but has french, spanish and even german minorities

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Overview of the south district

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Main Marina

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Road uphill

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West district at night

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The road uphill and the Rotonda Silvestri at dawn

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West distrisct a little closer

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Near the harbor

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The Lions Club and some waterfront houses

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The Centro Giovanile, a sport centre built by the local government to provide recreation to the children and teens. It also has a small cinema and many extra activities

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The upper ring, a road planned to allow the people to go anywhere in the town in less than 10 minutes. The project was aborted and only one exit was built. The locals now call it the "round road"

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The only farm in Caleux, the production is not intended to local consume, instead, it is the third source of incomes of the island.

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Night Life

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The Santa Maria Novella church and the town market

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Church at night

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The major police station, it was built by an English architect. Next to it is a small plaza, used in the 1800's for executions. All the equipment was retired and the monument was built to conmemorate the unfair executions commited here.

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Buildings in a cloudy night

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Rotonda Silvestri, the sorroundings and the school on a full moon night

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An overlooking fort built in the XVI century to protect the island from pirate attacks.

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Fishers port. This marina is only used by the local fishers, it's small but a lot of money is moved here.

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Casa Fernandez. This palace was built by the first ruler of the Island, Horacio Fernandez, and has been the house of all the governors of the island until 1928. Now it is the Caleux Museum with many objects found on the island and in the water near it. Also, the governor's office is located here.

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Casa Fernandez at day

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The ferry port, the only way to get to the island if you don't own a boat. There are two ferries covering the one hour trip to mainland. there are 8 trips a day

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The harbor. All the imports of the island enter trough here. The only unloading device is a crane on a barge, but it works just fine because of the little needs the island has.

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A closer look to the harbor, you can also see the three wind turbines that feed the town.

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Two cargo boats at the harbor

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Another overview of south district

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The landmark of the island, this cross was built to conmemorate the 50 years of the apparition of the Virgin, the official name is the Santa Maria Novella cross. This majestic monument was opened with a mass officiated by the Pope.

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The cross and the lake  on top of the mountain. the source of the lake is a subterranean water deposit, the site was declared a National Place of Interest in 1974.

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Another exit of the mentioned water deposit. A small parking was built to promote the tourism.

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a police station that complements the one on the south district

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Rotonda Silvestri

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the pond in front of Casa Fernandez

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A cloudy afternoon

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The central plaza, built to conmemorate the 100 years of the foundation of Caleux.

This was all for today. I hope you enjoy it. Something i forgot to say in the introduction: if you have any suggestion, critic, or any comment of how to make my building technique please write it, I'm always looking new ways to improve as a player.

Oh, sorry for my English, it's not my natal language

Great new update  ;) your city is looking very good, I love Mickebear's bat  &apls

Alan very great first update here and your english is very good, in fact better then some natural english speaking folks ...  Alot of wonderful pics here and I am looking forward to the next update and where you take us...

Very good, Alan.  You have managed to give this region a comforting and cozy feel.

&apls

Great idea recreating the world in different themes!! excellent work!  :thumbsup:

A terrific way to start your MD. Congratulations! I look forward to more.  &apls

Wow, stunning. I'm really delighted by the quality and character of the images you've shown - they've got a feel to them that can only be described as being intangible. It's a great first update and I'm looking forwards to more.

My only recommendation would be to use a terrain mod - other than that you're good to go.

Amazing !!
the first pictures of your MD are truly amazing  &apls &apls
for sure, I'm looking foward on this MD  ;)
Arthur

Very beautiful but you would choice another terrain texture ;)

A good looking MD, but I notice a few things.

- Very (unrealistic) steep roads. Use a slope mod to prevent this.
- Some messed up road textures. Update the plugins and make shure that the euro road textures are loaded after the NAM.
- A terrain mod would be nice

The rest, on the other hand is amazingly good. Keep it up please!

Best,
Maarten

Amazing, this Mediterranean style city is gorgeous! :thumbsup:

 &apls &apls Excellent start Alan . Pics are a bit bright sometimes , but your work is just great , your attention of details is super . Looking forward  :thumbsup:

Splendid update, It's really fantastic, the 1st pic is faboulus
Go on you excellent work.

Fantastic start there of your first MD! And welcome to sc4devotion as well to the MD-section!

The pictures in that first update are also looking beautiful! Great work on your city! :thumbsup:

Looking forward to more...

Ok people, thanks for all the nice comments, the replies will come with the next update. I guess you will have to wait a little longer to see more pics, for now it's only Teaser Time

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Let's see if you guess the next theme, here are some clues
It's in Italy
Florence is located here

Till next time
Alan

Wow fine teaser  &apls
The fields are looking superb, great work my friend  :)

Nice rural enviorment! Great variaty of fields and good placement of small forrests. Can't wait for the update!

Very beautiful image, a really splendid campaign!

Alan I love that rolling hills for the farms and I cant wait to see the full update here!!!

very good start ,and nice teaser and the fiels also is beautiful !! :thumbsup:

but in your town there will be most beautiful if you put the SAM and not the road but thats just my opinion !! ;)

Excellent start and great teaser.
This rural environnement is splendid, go on.

REPLIES
Simpson: thank you
Pat: thanks, glad you like it
Metarvo: thanks, nice to see you around here
Heblem: thanks, it's a very interesting theme indeed
Schulmanator: thanksfor the nice comment and for stopping by
The_Hutt: I'm happy you liked the update. I have downloaded a new terrain mod as you suggested
art128:thank you very much. Glad to hear from you
sciurus54:same as before, I've already downloaded a mod. Thanks for stopping by
mrtnrln:thank you for commenting here. I agree on the steep roads, it's unrealistic but here in Venezuela we have some roads like that... so I didn't make a big deal about it; the road textures, thank you for saying that, I didn't know that; the terrain is been taken care.
Fatsuhono: Thank you
kimcar: I intended to give the city a sunny weather by brightening the photos; if you don't like it I will stop doing it
Earth Quake: thanks; I hope you like this update as much as the other one
bat: thanks for that nice comment
Simpson: glad you like the teaser, let's see if you like the full update
mrtnrl: thanks. Don't wait longer, here's the update
warconstruct: thanks for the comment and for stopping by
Pat: thank you very much, I hope you like this update
south park:thanks. I downloaded the SAM recently and I started to use it in this city
Earth quake:than you

Note: I downloaded a new terrain mod, in this city you will only notice a new rock texture and not the whole mod because this city was already finished when I posted the first update. Other suggestions and the terrain mod will be seen in the next update.


Tuscany (Toscana) is an Italian region located on the west coast fo the country. It has an area of 22,990 km² and a population of 3.6 million aprox. The economy of this region is based on the wine industry, there are also many olive plantations. The main cities are Florence, Prato and Livorno. Other cities are Pisa and Siena.
Enough talking, lets go with the pictures:

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A wheat farm on the coast

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The town surrounded by some farms

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What is that??

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oh.... la cosa nostra, the mafia, I dont think we should be seeing this...

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Some sheeps in the pasture

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What a nice day for the sunflowers

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The mafia manor, let's move on... I don't think that they will be too happy if the see us taking pics of their house

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the train station and plaza

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Farms and forests along the rail line

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The best winery in town

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What farming region will be complete without some cattle?

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Thats all for today, I hope you like it and, as always, I'm open to comments and suggestions. See you in two weeks when we will be traveling to The Netherlands. Bye bye

Alan

Nice update! I like the towns you've build.

Let's see how representative the next update is, because that's my country, yay!

It's very beautiful, I love your fields. Excelent work  &apls

great update here Alan and I hope the Mob didnt rough you up too much for taking a pic of their place lol.... Ohh I feel sorry for that fire department there as it seems like a nasty drop if they have the roll any of them trucks lol...  I cant wait to see the Netherlands!!!!!  :thumbsup:

Your region looks really beautiful there! Fantastic work on this area, alan_vzla!
Wonderful new update! Looking forward to more... :)

 &apls &apls &aplsExcellent work and update . I really like your farming zone. With the little lake and a lot of details it give it a lot of realism . One of the best of what i saw. Keep up your great work  :thumbsup:

This seems like a pleasant escape from big-city traffic, Alan.  I like your choices of farms.  They really do add to the variety of this area.  By the way, I laughed when I saw that secret building that we weren't supposed to see. :D

awesome update here  :thumbsup: I like how you place farm on the hills  &apls great work on that  :thumbsup:

awesome update there i like your farms and the way to place your trees !! :thumbsup:

i want a new update !! $%Grinno$%

Very beautiful, I love it! &apls :thumbsup:

Those might be the best rolling farm fields I have ever seen.
Great work.
Robin  :thumbsup:

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Quote from: mrtnrln on October 05, 2008, 10:01:10 AM
Nice update! I like the towns you've build.

Let's see how representative the next update is, because that's my country, yay!

Thanks, glad you like it. I'm waiting to hear your impressions on my recreation of your country  :P

Quote from: Simpson on October 05, 2008, 11:16:28 AM
It's very beautiful, I love your fields. Excelent work  &apls

Thanks for the comment. This was my second attempt ever on farming hills, but it seems that it turned out pretty well

Quote from: Pat on October 05, 2008, 11:26:49 PM
great update here Alan and I hope the Mob didnt rough you up too much for taking a pic of their place lol.... Ohh I feel sorry for that fire department there as it seems like a nasty drop if they have the roll any of them trucks lol...  I cant wait to see the Netherlands!!!!!  :thumbsup:

Thanks! When they saw me I pressed the pause button and send all the available units to the scene  ;) The reason of the little bump near the fire department is that it was placed there to fill some space.

Quote from: bat on October 06, 2008, 08:37:14 AM
Your region looks really beautiful there! Fantastic work on this area, alan_vzla!
Wonderful new update! Looking forward to more... :)

Thanks! happy to hear from you

Quote from: kimcar on October 06, 2008, 12:07:12 PM
&apls &apls &aplsExcellent work and update . I really like your farming zone. With the little lake and a lot of details it give it a lot of realism . One of the best of what i saw. Keep up your great work  :thumbsup:

The lake was actually a mistake ;), I'm happy you like it!

Quote from: metarvo on October 07, 2008, 05:38:46 AM
This seems like a pleasant escape from big-city traffic, Alan.  I like your choices of farms.  They really do add to the variety of this area.  By the way, I laughed when I saw that secret building that we weren't supposed to see. :D

Thanks for that nice comment... Always happy to make someone laugh

Quote from: art128 on October 07, 2008, 07:26:05 AM
awesome update here  :thumbsup: I like how you place farm on the hills  &apls great work on that  :thumbsup:

muito obrigado  ;D. Thanks for stopping by

Quote from: south park on October 07, 2008, 08:57:59 AM
awesome update there i like your farms and the way to place your trees !! :thumbsup:

i want a new update !! $%Grinno$%

Thanks!. Your wishes are my orders: here's your new update

Quote from: sciurus54 on October 08, 2008, 06:22:00 AM
Very beautiful, I love it! &apls :thumbsup:

Thanks!

Quote from: rooker1 on October 08, 2008, 06:42:51 AM
Those might be the best rolling farm fields I have ever seen.
Great work.
Robin  :thumbsup:

Coming from you, that means a lot! Thanks for the comment

Sadly, this update didn't had as much comments as the first one... Let's hope this update to have a lot of comments!  ;D ;D


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We find ourselves travelling in a lonely highway when we see a windmill that looks abandoned...

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Finally a sign... we take the detour to a town preserved in time, Landbouwgrond

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We go through the walls and enter the parks area... what a nice town

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A historic picture

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Don't forget to vote on the poll... it's your choice where we head to in the next update!

Alan

A real delight! A fine Dutch town you have here.  &apls

I love seeing the diagonal canals... I don't think I've seen anyone else showcase them yet, even though they've been around quite a while.

Very nice  :thumbsup:

That canal running through town really adds to your pics, Alan.

&apls

Ok, lets critisise the pics.

Buildings -  :thumbsup:
Canals -  :thumbsup:
Flat land -  :thumbsup:
Street layout -  :thumbsup:
Windmills -  :thumbsup:
Highways -  :thumbsdown: (A at-grade intersection? That's not realistic)
Railways -  :thumbsup:
Rail catenaries -  :thumbsdown: (Missing detail)
Farms -  :thumbsup:
City walls -  :thumbsdown: (Not existing in most dutch towns. All demolished)
Signs - Doubt. Great that you've used my signs, but they are not used in the right way. The top sign is used for a highway-highway interchange, which is not the case. Anyway, it a great detail.

As you can see, you did it quite well. A applause for you.  &apls

Best,
Maarten

i follow marteen if you correct this detail your city will be perfect !! ;)

great update here  :thumbsup: I really love the last picture  &apls :thumbsup:

Really splendid, your city looks good
Great work  :thumbsup:

It's beautiful! I never went to Netherlands but I find t beautiful! &apls &apls

Great work there on your "Netherlands" there! Looking forward to the next update... ;) :)

Ok, the results are in and it's decided, the next update will be about the German Farmland and after that one we will be traveling to Madrid

Thanks to all who voted and I'll be waiting to hear from you all.

Alan

 &apls &apls Great update i really enjoy it . Keep it up :thumbsup:

Alan, not bad, not bad at all.

Firstly, loved the rolling farmland in the previous update  :thumbsup:

The Dutch update also looks great and it is clear you put a lot of thought into the planning. Well done  &apls

You obviously pay attention to detail but there was one thing that did stand out that is shown in the following pic.

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The elbows on the some of the bends are a tad ugly.With a bit of experimentation I'm sure you could get the smooth result like the two curves in the middle. I know it's a minor detail but it's those little things that make a good MD a great one. I hope you don't take that as critiscism, rather constructive feedback. You may not agree, I may well be wrong (not the 1st time  ::) )  but perhaps something to think about.

Regardless, as I stated above, a job well done. Look forward to more.

Dave

As an addition to Tooheys words:
Windmills are never placed between trees: the trees take away the wind!
Anyway, tehre is a much mor beautiful winmill by Oppie. You will find it at Simcitycentral.

You did a lot of good work on your Netherlands project. Nice. I am especially curious about how you made the canals with the green edges. It looks like you relotted callagerafx's canals, deleted the cays and replaced them by shrubberies. Is that correct?
I will try that one of these days.

Good work!

thanks for the comments, all nice so far, as always the replies will come with the full update.
As you probably know, our next destination is the German Farmland, I've been working on it but it's not finished yet... lot of work at school...

The town is around 70% finished, there missing estructures are some farms and plazas that I'll start doing tomorrow. I hope to post the full update on friday... without anything else to say I present you today's teaser:

Ok, first of all, I never intended to double-post.... but since there were no replies....
Anyway, I planned to put a new teaser today and here is it:

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Those buildings are nice, and the wildflowers also add a nice splash of color to this shot. :thumbsup:

In both pictures the combination of houses and nature is very nice.
The dark castle with the fir trees gives a kind of Caspar David Friedrich atmosphere. But there is a lot of white  mist? under the trees. What is it?

The second picture shows a very nice street althought you made the houses a bit too brigt. You can see that the white surfaces "eat" a bit of the coloured ones. Pity.

But you catch nice atmospheres in you pics.

 &apls &apls Nice teaser mate, can`t wait for see all of it.

Wow my friend  :o
This is really splendid, I love the picture with the castle
Incredible work and also I'm looking forward to the next update

Hi!

I have to say that you are running a very interesting MD here. I definetly like how you manage your pics. Those farm-fields looks terrific. The castle picture is trully a great one-  &apls

Definetly waiting to see more.

These are two wonderful teasers!! Great work! :thumbsup:

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Schulmanator : thank you very much
CabraBuitre : Thanks, glad you like it!
papab2000 : thanks
metarvo: thanks, glad to see you here again
mrtnrln: Thanks! Thank you very much! glad you liked your country  :D
south park: perfect no, but better... thanks for stopping by!
art128: thanks, happy you like it
Simpson: thank you very much
sciurus54: glad you find it that way... and let me tell you a  secret: I've never been in The Netherlands neither
bat: thanks, here's your update
kimcar: thanks
tooheys: thank you very much for stopping by and don't worry, suggestions are encouraged and very welcome
FrankU: thanks for the nice comment and for making the suggestion about Oppie's windmill. The canals are really Simgoober brick canal's but relotted, you'll find them on toutsimcity
metarvo: thanks!
FrankU: thanks for stopping by again. The "mist" is actually snow.
kimcar: glad you like it, thanks for stopping by
Simpson: thank you bon ami... here's the update
Lilojame: thanks, happy you find it that way. Let's hope you keep feeling the same way after this update
bat: thanks!

Ok, let's get moving with this update


































Don't forget to vote on the new poll, the destination that wins will be the 6th Update, after Madrid

This is really excelent my friend, I love the first picture. Your village looks very good and réalistic. I'm looking forward to the next update  :thumbsup: &apls

Hey Alan great update here and what I think where would be a best place to go next is Hong Kong!!!  ;)

D.C. for me.

Good work, Alan.   :thumbsup:  Your update has a very "green" feel, which is balanced by the snow scenes.  The buildings also blend well together, although it's difficult for me to tell what's Res and what's Com.  Although I don't understand the wording on the red-roofed building in the first pic, I assume it's a police station.  Am I right?

Anyway, I vote with D.C., since it's in the U.S.  Of course, I realize that I may be biased. ;D

Yeap it`s the right title for this great MD . Everythings is well thinking. Very good work mate. &apls &apls &apls

I think your german cities are very good, even more so when one takes into account the availability of good german BATs. I like the snow and the flora as well. Good work!

Very nice update. Beautiful :thumbsup: Those sheep on that farm look tasty. Yum Lamb chops :D

this update is really great, I like this little village  &apls the pond look good too ! Very great work my friend . The farms are great !
Can't wait the next !
Arthur

The sentece in the first pic means "Welcome in Germany"! But there ist an grammatical error...In german you would say "Willkommen in Deutschland"! But I know that german is said to be a very difficult language.
I really like your pictures. They remind me of Monschau (maybe someone knows this because of Christo and Jean-Claude), Eifel and the Rhine-Mosel-area.
It's very sad, that many fachwerk buildings were destroyed during the world war.
I voted for Washington ;) .

First of all, thanks for all the nice comments so far, replies will come with a proper update. Today's post is to deliver some news.

First, the MD will change a little bit. Due to certain problems, the "recreation" style of the MD will change, now it won't be like this: "Today we visit London", "Today we travel to Vietnam" etc... but instead, the MD will be based on a fictional (don't know if it's the right word) country.

Updates will be based on a 2 week basis that I have been trying to maintain, and not to let go of this project that I comitted to do, sometimes "bonus updates" will be posted. These bonus updates will be similar to the ones I have been doing (with a theme, for ex. "German Farmland").  Sorry for going out of the "real cities" business, but I noticed that I'm not prepared and my planning and building skills are not as good as they should be to deal with such a big project.

Finally, I would like to excuse with everybody for leaving this project and for making you loose your time on a (as we say here in Venezuela) Big White Elephant.

Remember that this MD is still running, with a little detour, but still running. Thank you for reading and, one more time, sorry.

Alan

Everything looks marvelous!  Your Italian, Dutch, and German recreations were wonderful.  I love the varying buildings, landscape, and scenery.  Your Plugins folder must be enormous! :)

Hi everyone... As I previously said, I'm going to take a break from recreations and start my own kingdom...
The full update will come next week, the flag and coat of arms are ready, I'm just waiting for a friend to scan it and send it to me... Without anything more to say, I present you the first teaser of

A hauntingly nice pic... looks like a great landscape for us to see in upcoming updates.  :thumbsup:

interesting last image, is that boat in water?  or is the water all gone now and it surrounded by trees :D

anywho nice journal can't wait for more :)

Very fine picture my friend, looking super  :thumbsup:

I reply to your PM ;)

These pictures are looking here all very nice! And that newest picture is beautiful!!! :thumbsup: ;)

Hey alan I am sorry to hear about the change of plans but hey if it must happen no matter what I will still follow along cause you are a darn good MD'er and that is all that counts no matter what style you go with!!!

It took me over 6 months to land my title of "Waterfalls... MD by Pat"...

SO like I said you will have my support here still and I like that picture a lot and I cant wait to see your flag and coat of arms!!!!

great work, i love your lighting effects on your images :)

Simpson: thanks, glad you like it
Pat: since Hong Kong did win the poll, thats the first place we will be visiting in a bonus update
CabraBuitre: Thanks for participaiting
Metarvo: yes, Polizei is german for police... glad you like the nature photos
Kimcar: thanks a lot
Cubbies09:thanks for that nice comments, happy to see you around here
papab2000: Glad you like it, if you ever go to that town, talk to taht farmar and tell him that you're a friend of mine... he will give you a lamb for a very good price  ;D
art128: thanks! here's the update
ObladiOblada: what I tried to say was Welcome to Germany, not in Germany... yes it's very sad that many of these buildings were destroyed. Here in Venezuela is a place called La Colonia Tovar, it's a small town founded by german farmers, in that village all the buildings are Flachwerk style and german is spoken. It's said that the best peaches and strawberries of Venezuela are grown here
Jill Jacobs: Thanks... My plugin folder is not that big, because when I finish a town I remove the plugins that I wont be needing in the future, so myplugin folder is now ~480mb without Datpacker
Schulmanator: thanks! it took a while to get it just as I wanted
Flyinbird: yep, a boat in the water... thanks for stoppping by and good luck with your MD
Simpson: thanks!
bat: glad you like it
Pat: thank you very much... you surely have supported me a lot, here's the flag and coat of arms.... hope you like them!
Flyinbird93: thanks

A new start


Nova terra was discovered on August 2, 1498 by Cristopher Columbus. On 1811 Nova Terra obtained it's independence from Spain after 50 years of war. After the independence, there was a lot of turbulence in the country, which allowed the Spanish Crown to obatin the power one more time, this only lasted 2 years. On 1830, the expansion wars started, after the 10 year campaing, Nova Terra doubled it's size and became one of the biggest countries of the continent. The economy of this new nation was based on agriculture, until 1914, when oil was discovered; the following years were marked by the great amount of foreign capital entering the country, it became one of the wealthiest countries, but this had a bad side, the fiels were abandoned and there was hunger in the country. During the following years this situation was solvented, and during the 50's the country experienced an economic boom that lasted for aprox. 30 years, this boom was due to the climbing oil prices, but on 1984 due to a coup, the economy collapsed and the currency was quickly devaluated, this situation persisted until the year 2000. On this same year, a recently elected president declared himself a dictator. During a period of 30 years, the country lived bad times, the people who dared to criticize the government where put to jail, many mass communication media were closed or eliminated, the economy fell on a 500% due to corrupcy and a bad economic policy... On 2032 a popular revolt started after the closing of the last non-government TV channel, the revolts occured in every city of the country, followed by a coup. The dictator was put to jail, two weeks later, he was found poisoned in it's cell. During the posterior months the country was without a leadership, and elections were made, the results made Alan Rojas (me!! whoopie!!) the new president of Nova Terra, which after some resolutions became the Kingdom of Nova Terra, monarchy was made the form of government to ensure that no other tyrant came into power during the following years, after a period of time had passes the monarchy would be eliminated and new elections should be made...

And now, I present you the national symbols of the Kingdom of Nova Terra



The currency is the US Dollar, the official languages are English and Spanish. Italian and Latin are also spoken, the last one is now officially teached in all schools to avoid loosing this precious language. The political capital is Pretoria, and the economic is Astoria.

Anyway... this is a small overview of Nova Terra, hope you like it and stay tuned for the next update

A+ on the coat of arms looks great!  cant wait for the next update :)

Thats amazing! Did you draw it? &apls

Yes I do Alan, very good job on the coat and flag!!!!

Flyinbird: thanks!
bob56: Thanks. yes I did
Pat: thanks, glad you like it


Monica Bay is a small rural community located on the west coast of Nova Terra, it's population is aprox. 2000 people. This town is, in a certain way, isolated. The only way to get here it's through a road that formed part of the National Infraestructure Network, before the trans-terra highway was built. Also, the railroad doesn't pass through here.


Well, tht's today update, hope you like it. Next time we will be travelling to another beautiful location of the Kingdom of Nova Terra, "Acacia".

Remeber, comments and suggestions are always welcome.

great update, your water shots are great.  i like your water mod.

A little teaser for all of you:

flyinbird93: thanks a lot, glad you like them!

as someone said once, looks like I'm posting faster than you writing  :)



Well thats all for today's update, hope you like the pictures. I'll try to post another update before Christmas, but with my computer being so slow nothing is for sure, in case that I don't get to post it, I want to wish you a merry christmas!

Bye for now, Alan

Wonderful stuff here, alan_vzla!

Acacia looks fantastic--I love the farmlands, the downtown section--everything looks just magnificent, my friend!

Keep up the good work!

Dustin

You have there some nice updates! And your pictures are looking really great!
Acacia is looking wonderful! :thumbsup:

thundercrak83: thank you very much! happy you stopped by
bat: thanks, glad you like it!

Great shots!  Pretty amazing!

Amazing update! &apls (one small note - Mt. Everest isn't fully in Nepal, it's on the border between China and Nepal :))

These landscapes are looking really great! Nice mountain!

Wow!
Really nice pictures, but (don't take this as an offense, because it is surely not meant as such) aren't we playing Sim CITY? ;D

I should have visited this MD some more times!

WOWZERS! Those are amazing shots in your last update! It's suprising what you can do with SC4  :)

Best,
Maarten

Beautiful nature you have made  &apls

Just a small note... This last week has been full of happenings, but I wanted to share with you the most relevant

First of all: I joined the LBT team, after some months thinking if I should or shouldn't, I finally did it.

And last but not least, just wanted to say thanks to the people who made possible that this picture:

entered the SC4D picture HoF, by winning the 3 in a row reglamentary competitions. And to the ones which I compited against (Art128, Pat and Simpson) no matter what the results say, those were all great pics!

Wow! You have some great pix of nature here. Very impressive.

And, now in the LBT team? Cool! I would like to see your work.  &apls

Hi Alan
Very fine update here my friend  :o Also congratulation for your new picture in HoF  ;)

Bye

David

Hi Alan,

I've finally had the time and the chance to look through all of your MD.  I may not have read all of the words, but I've enjoyed all of the pictures.  Your tour of the mediterranean, tuscany, holland and germany were all very good.  The natural shots of everest, great barrier reef and angel falls were also very impressive.  I think the frams on those rolling tuscan hills and the angel falls were my favourites.

And your own kingdon Nova Terra is getting off to a great start.  I've enjoyed it all.  Good luck with the next stages and I'll make sure I come back again.

Paul

Very Inspirational I'm amazed!!!

First of all I want to apologize to you for not writting a comment before in your MD. Today a saw all the pics and read all comments and replies and all I have to say is : WOW! Beautiful pics, great recreations of certains parts of the world and awesome job on the Coral Reefs and waterfalls.

Keep like this and your MD will become a classic and will continue to inspire me.

Saludos Compa LBTense !:))

PS. Sorry for my english, this year I'm having problems with my spanish and english aswell. :(

fantastic shot there Alan, excellent work on Angel falls !! &apls &apls
BTW, this is the 100th post of your MD, congratulations ! you will be moved into Best sellers !  &apls

Arthur.  :thumbsup:

A lot of various and good works , Alan .  :thumbsup:

I'm always admiring when someone shows  how that game , which wasn't made for , can produce so beautiful nature scenes ... ::)
Your Angel Falls are breathtaking ! You should have posted real pictures about them  ...
I didn't know anything about them in real world but you roused my curiosity and I've browsed internet since ... what an impressiveness !
The same about your work on them .
&apls &apls

Cédric .

Hi!
First of all: let me say thanks to all of you who made possible the moving of my MD to the Best Seller sections... Tough I must say that I'm a little sad: if 100 comments were so hard to get... imagine getting 400 comments more! But, it doesn't matter: it'll be a good experience.

Now for what you really care: Pictures...
Due to the King's birthday... The Royal House of Nova Terra: determined that a new picture should be released, so here is it:

A nice cozy new neighborhood pic. And, happy birthday to the king!  &apls

Just beautiful suburb! &apls

Nice teaser. The photoshoping of the water is brilliant! :thumbsup:

Wonderful shot there! That part of your city is very nice... :thumbsup:

A new teaser, update will come soon... very soon

Beautiful, but if you could do a transit unable with the house with the street, it'll be better, and I think it'will be more beautiful, but it's just detail :P

I love the photoshopping of the water in your previous teaser. Great work adapting c.p.'s houses; I'll have to use them more often now, thanks to you!

~ Dan

Wow Alan  :o super teasers there.  &apls

 &apls great pics of Balnea, looks like a nice place to live.
:)

CabraBuitre: thanks!
io_bgthanks! well in the pics I prefered to write Nepal, but on the description of this location is specified it's geographycal situation
bat: thanks, glad you like it!
FrankU: thanks and don't worry, I didn't take it as an offense... we are indeed playing SimCity 4, but I was inspired on the E.A Games slogan "Challenge Everything"
mrtnrl: You visited it a lot on it's early days but then you forget about us  ;D... don't worry, thanks for stopping by!
kbieinu7: thanks!
Schulmanator: Thanks, glad you liked the pictures! you can see my work here (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=6797.0)
Simpson:Happy you like it! and thanks for the congratulations!
Paroch: hi, welcome to the Kingdom of Nova Terra!! Thanks for those kind words! and hey: I'll be waiting for you!
Anarchy0029: hi Anarchy, first of all welcome to SC4D. I'm happy you find it "inspirational"... thanks!
tcx: Hi man! welcome to my MD, thanks for giving me those hopes... I really expect to make it up there but it's still a long road!
Art128: Thanks glad you like it!, and thanks foir being the 100^th poster! For that you might get some rewards from His Majesty! xD
Badsim: Wow Another first-poster! thanks for the comment, it sure means a lot coming from a person who has managed to transform SC4 into a whole new game! And well, to please you... here's some shots of the Angel Falls
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.venezuelabolivariana.com%2Fanexos%2FSalto_Angel1.jpg&hash=c8c3ca9e67bfcc13a4b52a65db0b97c84f3c7b2e)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aukatravel.com.ve%2Feditor%2FSalto%2520Angel.JPG&hash=a230f6d9402c73c6d66bda2a12e15a26e2d05428)
Schulmanator: It sure it is! thanks for the congratulations!
Sciurus: thanks!
io_bg: it was very easy to do, I just followed Lilojame's tutorial
bat: thanks! happy you liked it!
Sciurus: Thanks for giving me the idea... I'll give it a try and put it on my LE thread
dsrwhat316: They're really very good BATs! thanks for stopping by!
Simpson: Thanks!
tcx: Lets see if you still think that after this pics:


Balnea is a medium sized subur of aprox. 10000 inhabitants located on the west coast, It's the place where the Nunavut river flows into the ocean. The last of the 5 bridges that cross this river is built here. It houses the only highschool on the called: Ring cities, which is conformed by Monica Bay, Acacia, Aversa and Balnea. Now, lets go with the pics:


QUICKNOTE: some of you may have noticed that the "replies" banner has changed, this new one was made by CraigKingOfIreland, through his photoshop service... thanks a lot mate!

And, in this update I've extensively used photoshopping, mainly on the water, when I made it, it looked good to me, but afterwards I realized that it was just a bit too much... so, don't worry I will not play with it unless is strictly needed!

Thats all for today's update, I hope you like this one and... well I'll see you around
Alan

A charming and delightful update - what a nice neighborhood you have here.

Another great update Alan, :) I want to live in that yellow house next to the soccer field and see every game of Balnean Sharks just by looking out the window.

:thumbsup:

Really nice update there! And the city looks beautiful! Wonderful work! :thumbsup:

Congratulations, alan_vzla!

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg382.imageshack.us%2Fimg382%2F5695%2Fkingdomofnovaterraur8.png&hash=0ae8ef27ccb5581922202a3b09972741c978e025)


The Staff

Congrats Alan,
A very well deserved move from a great MD.
I look forward to having a grerat month with you and your super pics that you always have for us.

Robin  &apls

Wow!  Beautiful work all across the board.  You've really managed to capture a wide variety of city styles in here!  And the photoshopped water in the latest update looks amazing! 

Congratulations Alan !!!!!

It's great to see that your MD is on this section. You deserved it.

Congratulations on your award, Alan! You really deserve it! &apls

Schulmanator: thanks, glad you like it!
tcx: That house is actually for sale... Take it or leave it  :)!
bat: Thanks!
rooker1: Thanks! I hope you come by again!
Battlecat: Thanks, I was worried about people not liking it
tcx: Thanks for those kind words
io_bg: Thanks a lot!

Nice mountain, and also nice nature my friend
Congratulation for your award ;)

Take care
David

Congratulations, Alan. I'm sure this will be a stellar month for you in OSITM - you've already made a great start with that stunning photo.

Later...
Joan

Congratulations Alan, and what a nice mountain there my friend. :thumbsup:
I'm sure this will be a fantastic month for you in OSITM.
Can't wait the next update,
Arthur.

Alan,

First of all, congratulations of the well deserved award! :thumbsup:
I saw your first time a few days ago.I like it very much. Your project to show so many different places on the Earth is really ambitious, but it is performed very well.
I like your pictures - and there are a lot of them!  :D :thumbsup: Maybe some house are a bit repetitive, maybe some sharp edges could be hidden, but it is not important. You are able to show the specific climate of various places, and this is the most important thing.

My most favourite update is Tuscany. Beautiful landscapes, I like the way you composed rolling hills covered by farmfields  :thumbsup:
You have a talent to create beautiful landscapes. Your mountains are great, the Great Barrier Reef and Angel Falls are really impressive.
There are not too much people making such things, please continue showing beauties of nature!

And most of all - the joy of CS4 playing is clearly visible on your pictures! :) So it is a pleasure for your viewers too.

Adam

That's a great picture of the nature in the Kingdom of Nova Terra!
Looking forward to the picture(s) for day 2! ;)

I'm pretty sure I've commented here before, but if not, I'm not sure what's kept me from doing so. You have an excellent style to your cities, their layout, the buildings you use, and the effects you add to the pics. I particularly like the cp homes in the last update. They cover the area, yet do not seem repetitive. I also like how the farms seem to creep into the town, and vice versa. Your pic of Angel Falls was really well done too. It is a simple, yet complex picture and the feeling of depth you gave it really makes it shine. Congratulations on OSITM, and I'll look forward to seeing what you have in store. The first image of Sultana National Park looks pretty good.
-Matt

Simpson: thanks for the comment!
Jmouse: Welcome to Nova Terra! Thanks for stopping by!
art128: Thanks! and also congratulations for your award
Ennedi: Another new-comer! Thanks for those kind words... I slip details sometimes... maybe you could teach me a thing or two!
Bat: Glad you like it... here's the picture
threestooges: You have visited me before, and every visit counts! Thanks for those very kind words, I'm glad you like my work on the game... The fields weren't really in the original Monica Bay plan... but when I went to Region View, the change between fields and houses was a little too drastic... so to smooth it a little, I added those fams. Congratulations on your OSITM award!

Congrats on your OSITM award, Alan! :thumbsup: &apls &apls

I must say I've never seen such a colorful refinery before. It looks quite nice.

I may not comment as much as I'd like, but I do follow your MD with great interest  ;)

~ Dan

As a former resident of the Texas Gulf Coast, I've seen many oil refineries and drilling rigs at night. Can't say I've seen a refinery that looks as good as yours, but the image still brings back fond old memories. Looking forward to seeing all the plans you have for Nova Terra unfold in the weeks to come.

Later...
Joan

That second picture in your OSITM month is great!

BTW, Congrats for that award... ;)

dsrwhat316: thanks for stopping by! I'm glad you like the refinery
Jmouse: I've seen a lot of refineries too, we have a lot of them down here... and they DO look good at night... but mine beeing that good? I doubt it... anyway thanks for that compliment!
bat: Thanks!

Congratulations on OSITM, Alan!  That refinery at night is absolutely spectacular, and the military training ground is also nicely done.  I anticipate the next OSITM update, Alan.

&apls

The last two pics was excellent , congrats for the OSITM too. keep it up  :thumbsup:

This picture is awesome Alan, I like your use of tank !  &apls
Ans also the second day's picture is great too, a lot of industry  ! :thumbsup:

I thought the pic you showed was great just for the water and the scenery, then I noticed the caption and military vehicles fording the river. Well done. The details are great, and even the supporting aspects of the picture are well done.

Alan,

I really like this picture.  It shows some very good imagination.  I also at first missed the vehicles crossing the river.  The sandy shore line is a good effect, it is the paths, right?  And the photoshopping was a perfect touch.  Very well done picture, nothing over the top, but the picture speak volumes.

Robin  :thumbsup:

That's a great picture there! Nice river! Looking forward to more... ;)

Super teaser my friend, it's super  :thumbsup:
I'm looking forward to the next update :)

metarvo: thanks!, here's the update:
kimcar: Thanks!
art128: Thanks! glad you like em' both
threestooges:Thank you very much
rooker1: Thanks for those kind words, I'm happy you like the picture; and yes the sand in the shore line was made using the RRP paths.
bat:thank, glad you like it
simpson:Thanks!

Nice picture at fall there! The shoreline looks beautiful! Nice work on the picture of day 4! :thumbsup:

Oh! These are really nice pictures!
Very good detail and use of custom content: Chrisadma's paths as sandy shores: so obvious, why didn't I think of that before? But obviousness comes after someone brilliant thought of it....

bat: thanks!, glad you like it
FrankU: Thanks!

the last mosaic looks really great Alan, specially with these trees in autumn colors.
Also the Farms in the Sultana National Park borders are great too, maybe if you diversify trees that could look better.

Arthur. :thumbsup:

The last two pictures are really beautiful! Can't wait for more!

Again great nature pictures, the autumn one looks very charming, but this second one isn't worse!  :thumbsup:

Adam

This is truly a month of surprises!!

All your pics are awesome, it's great to see how you've been able to show the beauty of nature .

That's a great fifth surprise! Nice work on that "mountain"! :thumbsup:

art128: thanks! Yeah... you're right about the trees... but I didn't find other trees that suited the semi-cold weather
io_bg: thanks!
Ennedi: jaja thanks!
tcx: Thank you very much, glad to see you around!
bat: thanks!




Well THAT is all for today's update, I hope you enjoy it and see you in a while...
Oh! I forgot, another announcement:

You're definitely showing off why you're in the OSITM. :thumbsup:

I simply adore that final picture of the military river crossing, ingeniously creative and expertly crafted. :satisfied:
A very nice job indeed. :)

Beautiful, and I really like the river, on the latest image ;) &apls

This area is simply awesome  ! excellent work with these lots !  &apls
( I'm not inspired and I don't have time (go to school) to make a longer replie )  :D
Arthur. :thumbsup:

 &apls &apls Very nice island that you have done. Great use of those bats too. Have fun.

Yes, that island looks really fantastic! Nice work on it!! :thumbsup:

Really impressive layout of that island Alan, and very good use of an old but great Pegadyne Oceanographic Institute!  &apls
(It was one of my favourite BAts long time ago when I started playing SC4, I placed it in my first city  :)

Very good composition of rocks and trees, the whole bay looks very realistic  :thumbsup:

This muddy river looks excellent too, that's fantastic we have some ploppable vehicles yet, what do you think?  :)
Some people from Europe can be surprised of this river color, but looking at Google Earth we can see it  often on South America rivers

Adam

Alan, excellent work on this update. Congratulations on the trip to the hall of fame. It was an innovative pic. The island is great. I don't just mean the buildings, but the actual island itself is very well done. The little bay is very well done, and Peg's Coast Guard station fits in there perfectly as do all the other elements. It's interesting. It looks like the island was built specifically for the structures, and yet it still looks natural. Very well done.
-Matt

Excellent work on the island, alan_vzla. Lots of intriguing details, and the quality of the photos is excellent. Makes me think of picture postcards. You continue to do a fine job here.

Later...
Joan

Incredible update Alan, as well my friend ;)
Congratulation for your picture in HOF  &apls. I'm looking forward to the next update
Take care,

David

Dark_Jedi06: Thanks a lot!
Sciurus:thanks!
art128: it's ok man, I know what it is... I have to do it also, thanks!
kimcar: Thanks, glad you like them!
bat:thanks!
Ennedi: Thanks! Yes indded, the brownish color is the most common in  our rivers, mainly because they have strong currents that move a lot of sediments, giving them their color
threestooges: Well, the bay was terraformed by the government to ensure a safe port for the coast guard ships
Jmouse: Thank you very much!
Simpson: Thanks, here is the new update!

Ok, today it's just an update to show you on what I've been working... So it's not an update but at the same time it is... let's call it Update #5 1/2...

I've been working on Pretoria, which is the capital of the Kingdom, for it, I will try to use an entire Maxis region, which, if my memory doesn't fails me, is formed by 80 tiles, My first enterprise will be to set up the main infraestructure system (avenues, highways and rails), and I begun on a big tile, which will be the "Old" downtown, so here is it what I've got so far


Now some tips for you (if you're experiencing my problems): When installing the new NAM, unnistall the old one and run the Cleanitol, because if not, you will end with twice the icons needed; I'm using the asphalt mod for highways, when I installed the NAM, only certain parts showed with these textures, to solve it, delete that plugin from you folder and download again, that should solve your problems...

Well, some questions: what do you think of the walls?? and about the general layout?? Remember, suggestions are strongly encouraged.

Maybe tomorrow I'll have some new addings to this tile, It's election's day over here so the Department of Education cancelled activities tomorrow in public and private schools

Take care, Alan

80 tiles... sounds like quite a project, but I'm sure you're up for it and it looks like you're off to a good start. I like the hub design for the area. I'll look forward to seeing the main avenue, and the rest of the area, when its completed.
-Matt

Fantastic MD, really lovely work. My first visit and I'm impressed. I shall be coming back a lot more  :satisfied:

Nice work Alan, this new city will be sure incredible. The general picture is looking good. I love the highway  :thumbsup:

Awesome, jsut awesome work &apls

wow

Really nice island and great transportation network layout for your next city.

:thumbsup:

Nice layout of Pretoria. Very nice  :thumbsup:

Nice new update! Looking forward to more... ;)

threestooges:Here's a little preview of how the avenue is looking, thanks!
Emperor Stormont: welcome to the Kingdom,thanks for that nice comment!
Simpson:thanks, glad you like it
Sciurus: wow... thanks a lot!
tcx: thanks!
mrtnrln: glad you like it, but this is only the old-downtown area, a lot of work is forward
bat: thanks!

First of all, I'm sorry for not posting in over a week, but real live has been hectic... lots of exams in school, lots of soccer training (a second division team is interested in me), organizing an International Model of the United Nations in my school.... anyway... a lot of things to do

I made a little change in the layout of the old-downtown, as a result the main avenue has been shorten to 56 tiles, here's tow pics of the second, and largest section, of the avenue:


Other details:
·Two textures used were made by me
·On the sidewalk, there is people, but they're timed props, so they can't be seen here
·Also, I used porkie's tree leaves, they show on fall
·The bunch of people seen in the middle of the avenue is to simulate a large crowd waiting for a signal change to cross to the other side
·Jeronij's buses were used, but the are also timed props
·The bus stops are the ones of the SFBT parking lots

Well.... I'll try to end the first section today so the update might be tomorrow, but again, no promises
And to finish, a little quote
                    "We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not yet learned the simple art of living together as brothers."
                                  -Martin Luther King Jr.

Sweet! I love the procession. And the sidewalks are very nice. I need those!  &apls

Looking very good there Alan!!!

Wow -- that looks massive there Alan, impressive work my friend.
Can't wait to see more of it.

Arthur.

Ah and where you get that texture of sidewalk?

Good L.E. work  &apls I like the avenue. I hope that the area surrounding it will be just as good as this.

The avenue-textures are looking really good! And nice sidewalk!! :thumbsup:

Congratulations on a successful month in OSITM Alan. Being able to keep up with school (and a model UN) while running one of these things is quite a task, but you seem to be doing quite well. The avenue looks great, and I can only imagine how it will look once it begins to be filled in with buildings. Great work.
-Matt

This is a fantastic work on the LE, my friend. Great work  :thumbsup:

One of these days, you'll make it to OSITM again, Alan, especially with this kind of LE ability.  That avenue is very good, if I do say so myself.

&apls

Hi everyone!, after a long time I can finally play SC4 again

I've been working on some lots fore Pretoria, these lots will be placed along the main avenue; these lots can bes een either on the show us your custom lots thread, or at my thread on the LBT sub-forum. Since I'm finally on vacations, I'll be posting more constantly as the city advances, there wont be an total update per se, but small parts of the city developing

now, a picture for today; it may look simple, but I've been working on it for over 8 hours now, sincronizing all the lots and stuff

Schulmanator: thanks! if you really need anything like that or another lot, just send me a PM and I will work on it
Pat: thanks!
art128:glad you like it, the texture is from NDEX Base Textures Set 1
mrtnrln: I'm trying to do it, let's see if this gets to your standards
bat:Thanks, glad you like them
threestooges: it truly is, thanks!
simpson: thanks!
metarvo: Thank you very much, I hope to get to the OSITM's another time too

Here's another update on the area surrounding the Avenue, here you can see that I finished 2 of the 3 quarters, all the boulevards and the market place, which is a combination of two different lots. The area besides the market will hold a hotel, and the area besides the palace is a secret  $%#Ninj2

Looks good.... can't wait to see this develop!

Looking good!
It is also nice to follow your work so closely. Hearing about your thoughts of how to do it is interesting. Please tell us more.
And then: so you do plop everything? Will there be there a moment that you push the "run" button? Or will you develop everything on the 1st of january in the year 0?

Cabrabuitre: thanks!
FrankU: Well thanks. Yes, I DO plop everything, because this area is "special"; I don't know what I'm gonna do time-wise, I think that if I want it to look good I should develop it on January 1st, year 0  :), but I also want to make it functional  :'(, so I don't know what I'm gonna do

This LOT was surprisingly more easy to make than the previous ones, but I didn't uploaded it before because I was with my friends (it's vacation time after all).

This LOT is the Hotel Regina, this is the most prestigious hotel in the city, you can see stars and foreign politicians arriving and leaving very often. The hotel isn't cheap, most of the rooms are about $3000 & up per night, of course when you're paying so much you have some priviledges as well too, such as a 24 hour Mercedes at your service, together with a personal buttler and of course a bottle of one the most fine champagnes cooling in your suit.


As you see, there are still many empty spaces left, but hey, inspiration is not working all day long  ;D

Take care, Alan

Great work  &apls
I'm not very rich so is there a room for 300$ per day?
That's the money I have because I also have spend some money in the Hotel of Atrubia

What an interesting and well presented MD! You've got a lot of different styles going on here, from misty forests to large urban areas. I love the use of plants and trees in the 'Isola del Nord' set of images.

RE: your most recent update, The Hotel Regina looks very splendid indeed, a contrast with the market stalls next to it :)

Nicely done - and I like the texture of the sidewalks and plazas. What is the gray brick you chose?  ()stsfd()

Great work, Alan!!!  &apls &apls

Great work, congrats &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:

Fantastic attention to detail, something I admire very much.

Lovely set of previous updates  :satisfied: